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Top 10 Blogs on Homeschooling Students with Autism or Special Needs Family & Home Life

Top 10 Blogs on Homeschooling Students with Autism or Special Needs

Looking for informative and helpful resources and blogs for homeschooling your child with autism or special needs? We’ve got you covered. In addition to our library of Autism Resources &...

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Samantha Russell

Oct 29, 2023 · 4 min read
Gift Ideas for Children on the Autism Spectrum Family & Home Life

Gift Ideas for Children on the Autism Spectrum

If you are a teacher, parent, caregiver, or family member of an autistic child in the middle of holiday gift shopping, you may wonder what are some good gifts for children on the autism spectrum....

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Ymkje Wideman-van der Laan

Nov 19, 2022 · 5 min read
Mental Health Empowerment: Providing Compassionate and Client-Centered Support for People With Autism Family & Home Life

Mental Health Empowerment: Providing Compassionate and Client-Centered Support for People With Autism

How can stakeholders use principles of self-determination, individuality, and compassion to support individuals with autism and their self-directed mental health care pursuits? It’s a common...

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Amairani Asmad

Oct 10, 2022 · 7 min read
8 Tips for Helping Autistic* Children Prepare for a New Baby Family & Home Life

8 Tips for Helping Autistic* Children Prepare for a New Baby

Preparing for the arrival of a new baby often involves a significant adjustment period as the family acclimates to schedule changes and reallocates some of their time, attention, and resources...

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Kenna McEvoy

Aug 18, 2022 · 7 min read
Support Groups for Autistic* Children, Teens, Young Adults and Parents Family & Home Life

Support Groups for Autistic* Children, Teens, Young Adults and Parents

Support groups and social clubs for children, teens, and young adults with autism provide a safe environment for people with shared experiences to connect and participate in a supportive,...

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Chloe Fay

Jul 30, 2022 · 8 min read
Planning a Celebration for Your Child With Autism Family & Home Life

Planning a Celebration for Your Child With Autism

Imagine a party with music that’s just too loud –or a concert that keeps shining the same bright spotlight directly into your eyes . What if you felt trapped inside an overcrowded venue with...

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Kenna McEvoy

Jun 11, 2022 · 5 min read
Parents and the Autism Diagnosis: How to Accept Your Autistic* Child Family & Home Life

Parents and the Autism Diagnosis: How to Accept Your Autistic* Child

Receiving a diagnosis of any kind is difficult for parents, and an autism diagnosis can be particularly frightening. The uncertainty about how to best support your child, and the confusion...

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Ymkje Wideman-van der Laan

Apr 9, 2022 · 6 min read
What Disney’s Encanto Teaches Us About Families, Autism, and Managing Expectations Family & Home Life

What Disney’s Encanto Teaches Us About Families, Autism, and Managing Expectations

Let’s talk about the family Madrigal from Disney’s Encanto to see what we can learn as parents and families with both neurotypicals and members with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). I’ll try to...

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Frankie Kietzman

Feb 6, 2022 · 5 min read
Setting Meaningful and Achievable New Year's Goals for Autism Parents and Caregivers Family & Home Life

Setting Meaningful and Achievable New Year's Goals for Autism Parents and Caregivers

As a grandparent and full-time caregiver of a teenager on the autism spectrum, setting personal goals for the New Year isn’t something at the top of my to-do list anymore. In years past, I used to...

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Ymkje Wideman-van der Laan

Jan 10, 2022 · 5 min read
11 Ways to Prepare for Happy Holidays With an Autistic Child Family & Home Life

11 Ways to Prepare for Happy Holidays With an Autistic Child

The end-of-the-year holidays are supposed to be happy occasions, filled with joyful traditions such as family gatherings, elaborately home-cooked meals, the exchanging of gifts, parties,...

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Ymkje Wideman-van der Laan

Nov 14, 2021 · 6 min read
Tricks for Making Halloween Enjoyable for Your Autistic Child Family & Home Life

Tricks for Making Halloween Enjoyable for Your Autistic Child

Many children love Halloween, but some autistic children find Halloween to be stressful and unenjoyable. The holiday boosts traditions that may be worry-invoking for some neurodivergent...

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Tatiana Tortora

Oct 20, 2021 · 5 min read
Taking the Sting out of Discipline for Kids with Autism Family & Home Life

Taking the Sting out of Discipline for Kids with Autism

The benefits of setting clear boundaries for children on the autism spectrum All children need rules and boundaries to help them know how to act appropriately in different settings and situations,...

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Ymkje Wideman-van der Laan

Oct 17, 2021 · 6 min read
Cut Yourself Some Slack: Parenting and Autism Family & Home Life

Cut Yourself Some Slack: Parenting and Autism

The Importance of Self-Care for Parents and Caregivers of Children with Autism For parents and caregivers, and especially when caring for a child with autism, it can be very difficult to find time...

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Ymkje Wideman-van der Laan

Sep 16, 2021 · 5 min read
The Simple Guide to Prevent Autism Caregiver Burnout Family & Home Life

The Simple Guide to Prevent Autism Caregiver Burnout

I was an exhausted Mom, nervous and beyond overwhelmed with my toddler sitting (bouncing) wildly on my lap on his knees, singing inaudibly while playing with my earrings as I tended to the cries and...

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Erin Beach

Jul 18, 2021 · 5 min read
Autism-Friendly Vacation Destinations: A Guide for Families Family & Home Life

Autism-Friendly Vacation Destinations: A Guide for Families

A list of best resorts and theme parks serving families with children with ASD: from customized services and specialized camps for children with autism to front-of-the-line passes, vacations can be...

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Erin Beach

Jul 11, 2021 · 5 min read
My Autistic* Child is Thinking of Dating and--Gasp!--Sex?!! Family & Home Life

My Autistic* Child is Thinking of Dating and--Gasp!--Sex?!!

Most parents are understandably anxious about the thought of their child eventually dating and becoming sexually active. That anxiety may be even greater for the parents of a child with...

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Signe M. Kastberg

Jan 31, 2021 · 7 min read
Professional Hope: One Mother’s Story of Gratitude for the Specialists that Support Parents of Children with Autism Family & Home Life

Professional Hope: One Mother’s Story of Gratitude for the Specialists that Support Parents of Children with Autism

"I have assessed and treated a great number of families affected by ASD...What I can say is this: When parents can move through the emotion and identify...the strengths in their child and in...

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Heidi Ellis

Jun 7, 2020 · 6 min read
Best Free Resources for Homeschooling Your Child with Autism Family & Home Life

Best Free Resources for Homeschooling Your Child with Autism

If you are a family that has chosen to homeschool your autistic child, here is a list of fun, free resources and subscriptions to engage your child and support their learning from home. ...

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Chloe Fay

Mar 27, 2020 · 9 min read
Autism and Anxiety: 10 Strategies to Help Your Child Family & Home Life

Autism and Anxiety: 10 Strategies to Help Your Child

For children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD), the prevalence of anxiety is shown to be greater than for their peers. Some studies indicate that anxiety disorders are present 40% of the...

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Arielle Doochin

Oct 1, 2019 · 6 min read
Parent Strategies for Helping Children with Autism Cope with Transitions and Changing Routines Family & Home Life

Parent Strategies for Helping Children with Autism Cope with Transitions and Changing Routines

Transitions from one activity to the next can be difficult for any child, especially if they are being asked to leave a preferred activity to instead do something they need to do. While some...

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Lauren Panzano

May 8, 2018 · 4 min read
Parent Strategies to Help Children with Autism Cope with Sensory Processing Disorder (SPD) Family & Home Life

Parent Strategies to Help Children with Autism Cope with Sensory Processing Disorder (SPD)

In this article, we explore Sensory Processing Disorder (also called sensory integration or sensory sensitivity), and how these issues can be alleviated and treated, and strategies parents and...

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Lauren Panzano

May 5, 2018 · 5 min read
Ten Holiday Gifts for Children with Autism Family & Home Life

Ten Holiday Gifts for Children with Autism

Whether you’re shopping for Christmas, Hanukkah, or any other holiday, finding the “perfect” gift for a child with autism can be hard, given the range of sensitivities and needs a child may have....

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Sophia Chung

Dec 19, 2017 · 4 min read
Ten Tips for Visiting Family When Your Child Has Autism Family & Home Life

Ten Tips for Visiting Family When Your Child Has Autism

With the holiday season comes family gatherings, cozy meals, vacation plans, and yes — a dash of festive chaos. Traveling to visit family can be stressful even when everything goes as expected....

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Sophia Chung

Dec 18, 2017 · 4 min read
Wandering and Autism: 6 Strategies to Prevent Wandering Behavior Family & Home Life

Wandering and Autism: 6 Strategies to Prevent Wandering Behavior

Wandering or “elopement,” a common behavioral occurrence among children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD), refers to the tendency to leave a safe, supervised space or caregiver and subsequently...

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Krupa Patel

Apr 8, 2017 · 4 min read

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